Folding rocking-chair



(No Model.)

E. BANGS.

FOLDING ROCKING UHAIR.

Patented July 26,1881.

ERS. Plmlo lilhogmphtn Wnhinglan, D. C,

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.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ELMER BAues, OF CORTLAND, NEW YORK.

FOLDING ROCKING-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,840, dated July 26,1881.

Application filed January 31, 1881.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective J view of my improved chair.

sented by O G, and are continuous also, in part constituting thestandards of the chair-back. The back legs, B B, rest upon the rockersloosely, having the hooks or fasteners a a to securely hold them inposition when the chair is unfolded for use. The forward and back legsare connected by a loose joint, *5, at a point a little above thechair-seat, and the forward legs, at their base, are connected to therockers, alsoby loose joints. I use a frame-seat,

D, hung by back cross-piece, d, connected by loosejoints to the backlegs, B B. The sides 7 of seat-frame are represented by b b, and when inposition are supported by the seatrest E.

(No model.)

Attached to the standards and forward legs, 0 G, are side arms, F F,rigidly secured thereto at each extremity, and which support and areconnected by the seat-rest E.

Attached to the under side of seat-frame are recessed stops 0 0,directly back of the seat rest, which, together with the fasteners a a,hold the parts in place and prevent the chair from collapsing so long asthe seat D rests upon its support E.

Having thus described my invention, I claim The improved foldingrocking-chair herein described, consisting of the rockers A, havingcross-bar 0, the back legs, B, having hooks a, the front legs, 0, towhich the back legs are pivoted at i, and of downwardly-curved form,thes'eat D, pivoted to the back legs and having recesses e, thecross-bar E,'upon which the seat rests, and the curved arm upon thefront legs, 0, the whole arranged and combined as and for the purposesset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereto affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

ELMER BANGS.

Witnesses: ARTHUR L. KNIGHT, H. F. TURNEY.

